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Prioritising benefits of riparian vegetation:
An importance-performance analysis
Dr. Wendy Y. Chen
University of Hong Kong
PS 3.4 Changing benefits
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Benefits of riparian vegetation
• Riparian zone: the interface between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
• Support a distinctive flora • Fulfils or influences various important ecological functions and provide diverse
benefits
• Provision of food
• Moderation of stream water temperature
• Buffer zone that filters sediments and controls nutrients
• Stabilization of stream banks
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• How do citizens perceive the importance of urban riparian vegetation’s benefits?
• How do people perceive the provision performance of those benefits?
Research questions
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• Importance-performance analysis
• Customers’ satisfaction is resultant from a preference (perceived importance) of a service and relevant judgment of its performance
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Code Abbreviation Statement
1 BIODIVERSITY Urban rivers offer important natural habitats for diverse floral and faunal species
2 IDENTITY Urban rivers represent the identity of the city and local communities
3 PURIFICATION Urban rivers help to purify water pollutants
4 FLOODCONTROL Urban rivers can mitigate floods
5 EDUCATION Urban rivers serve as field laboratory for public to learn about natural environment
6 WATERSUPPLY Urban rivers supply fresh water for multiple uses
7 BUSINESS Urban rivers promote business development (such as river-related tourism)
8 RECREATION Urban rivers provide many recreational opportunities
9 NAVIGATION Urban rivers are used for transporting goods and people
10 HERITAGE Urban rivers are important cultural and historical heritage
11 COOLING Urban rivers alleviate high temperature in summer
12 AMENITY Urban rivers represent natural beauty and aesthetics
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Importance Performance Gap p
Ecosystem services Mean Std. Dev. Mean Std. Dev.
1 BIODIVERSITY 3.887 0.787 3.389 1.167 -0.498 0.000
2 IDENTITY 3.887 0.800 3.371 1.081 -0.516 0.000
3 PURIFICATION 4.320 0.709 3.349 1.105 -0.971 0.000
4 FLOODCONTROL 4.066 0.761 3.666 1.049 -0.400 0.000
5 ENVI-EDU 3.913 0.769 3.422 1.024 -0.491 0.000
6 WATERSUPPLY 3.644 0.987 3.298 1.161 -0.346 0.000
7 BUSINESS 3.491 0.922 3.455 1.084 -0.036 0.645
8 RECREATION 3.855 0.851 3.684 1.073 -0.171 0.029
9 NAVIGATION 3.342 1.011 3.149 1.207 -0.193 0.011
10 HERITAGE 3.949 0.861 3.949 0.969 0.000 1.000
11 COOLING 3.956 0.768 3.560 1.067 -0.396 0.000
12 AMENITY 3.996 0.790 3.647 1.102 -0.349 0.000
Overall 3.859 0.535 3.495 0.826 -0.364 0.000
F1 Cultural 3.915 0.605 3.608 0.892 -0.307 0.000
F2 Environmental 4.064 0.576 3.499 0.847 -0.565 0.000
F3 Economic 3.492 0.820 3.301 0.996 -0.192 0.003
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• Overall, the importance rating (3.86) is greater than the performance rating (3.49)
• Heritage value: highest performance score
• Water purification: highest importance score
• Residents are primarily not satisfied with the provision of environmental-related services
• All residents have similar attitudes towards the importance of urban rivers’ benefits, local residents tend to have higher expectations, and they are more dissatisfied about the provision performance than non-local residents
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Thank you!